We have a "head office" and "radio office" that have bonded T1 connections, however, the 3Mb/s cap on the downstream is being reached at the radio office (ASA 5510), and the head office will soon follow (ASA 5520).

Can I have a secondary ISP at both locations and balance the load so that the primary downstream source is one ISP (inexpensive downstream ISP), and upstream is the second one (expensive SLA ISP)?

Also, is there a way to set them so that there is a realtime failover from one ISP to the other?

Absolutely. The solution is Net Wolves. They have a proprietary box called a Wolf Pack that will do AUTOMATIC failover between the Cable / DSL circuit and a secondary dedicated circuit they might provide. When primary fails the Wolf Pack device switches automatically to the secondary and when service is restored on the primary, the Wolf Pack senses this and switches you back. Very inexpensive monthly fee for the Wolf Pack.

email me direct at steve@globalfiberanddata.com and I will set up a conference call with you and the Net Wolves engineering team to discuss in detail. Another option is to consider an Ethernet internet access circuit or multi-meg NxT-1 to go above 3M in any single connection.

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Absolutely. The solution is Net Wolves. They have a proprietary box called a Wolf Pack that will do AUTOMATIC failover between the Cable / DSL circuit and a secondary dedicated circuit they might provide. When primary fails the Wolf Pack device switches automatically to the secondary and when service is restored on the primary, the Wolf Pack senses this and switches you back. Very inexpensive monthly fee for the Wolf Pack.

email me direct at steve@globalfiberanddata.com and I will set up a conference call with you and the Net Wolves engineering team to discuss in detail. Another option is to consider an Ethernet internet access circuit or multi-meg NxT-1 to go above 3M in any single connection.

Steve, that sounds great for failover, but, what about load balancing (i.e. if the downstream on one circuit is being maxxed out, I would like it if it new to go to the other circuit to satisfy it's thirst).

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